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Trauma and Survival in the Hebrew Bible

A Womanist Reading of Esther

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Trauma and Survival in the Hebrew Bible

A Womanist Reading of Esther

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Description

This book integrates womanist biblical interpretation with trauma theory while closely examining survival and the language of survival in the Hebrew Bible. While survival is often a theme lifted when exploring Esther, the focus is typically on Jewish survival. This books centers the experiences of non-Jewish women and girls, specifically the virgin girls taken with Esther and Zeresh, the wife of Haman, amplifying their presence and reading their narratives alongside the autobiographies of Maya Angelou and Lezley McFadden to create a survival narrative that allows the reader to reimagine these often-overlooked girls and women.

Table of Contents

Preface
Khina's Story
Introduction
Chapter 1 What Is Survival?
Chapter 2 Lexicon of Survival
Esther's Story of the Young Virgins
Chapter 3 Our Girls Are Not Safe
Maya Angelou's Story
Chapter 4 Angelou and Esther 2
Zeresh's Stories
Chapter 5 The Struggle of an Implied Survivor
Lezley McSpadden's Story
Chapter 6 Implied Survival: McSpadden and Esther 9
Conclusion
Appendix

Product details

Published Dec 11 2025
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9781978762275
Imprint T&T Clark
Illustrations 10 tables
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Kamilah Hall Sharp

Kamilah Hall Sharp is Director of the Doctor of Mi…

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